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M.H.'RYDER. MACHINE FOR SEWING STRANDS 0F BRAID. Q I N0.'2.87,393. Patented Oct. 23, 1883.

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, MACHINE FOR SEWING STRANDSOF BRAID.

SPECIFICATION forniingpart of Letters Patent No. 287,393, dated October 2?, 1883.

' Application filed June 4, 1883. (So model.)

To all whom L'tmay concern.- Be it known that I, MARTIN- H. RYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Staniford, in the county of Fairflcld and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Sewing Strands of Braid; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable oth- 1o ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v I

My invention relates to machines for sewing strands-ms, for instance, straw braid-and has forits object to sew the pieces or strands together insuch a manner that the sewing is concealed, or nearly so, on the right side of the fabric. v v

\Vith this end in view my invention consists in the construction and combination of ele- 2o ments, as hereinafter fully'described, and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order to enable those skilled inthe art to which my improvement relates to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the.

25.san1e, referring by letters to the accompany- .ingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in whicha I Figure 1 is an end elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation- Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the pressenfoot and beveled guide. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the presser-foot and guide enlarged. Fig. 6 is' a back view of the beveled presser-foot, beveled feeding device, and the needle, and Fig. 7 is a 5 front view of the beveled guide. Fig. 8 is a View on an enlargedscale, showing the strands as they are being passed beneath the needle. Siinilarletters of referenceindicatelikeparts in all the figures of the drawings. 0 My invention is applicable to any class of sewinginachines; but in my drawings I have shown it as applied tothe ordinary VIHGOX 8t Gibbs fstr'aw braid sewing -n1achine, the ordinary working parts of which it is not necessary to describe in detail, but I shall confine '1 my description to'iny own invention.

A is the feeding device, which is laterally beveled downward and outward from about the central line, so that the outer portion of inner portion.

the feeding surface is at an obtuseangle to the B is the prcsser-foot, which is provided I with a lip, 1), upon its outer edge, the inner edge of said lip being beveled upwardly and inwardly to correspond with the down ward and outward bevel of the feeding device.

\ O is the beveled guide, which is provided with a plate, 0 and is attached by set-screw D to plate 13', which projects inward from the pr esser-foot. A slot (not shown) in the plate B permits the adjustment of the guide. relatively to the needle.

0 is a pin in the guide, which prevents the strand from slipping out.

O is the inclined block upon which the up per strand or the outer strand of thecompleted portion rests while in use, and which serves" to tilt or incline said strand at an angle corresponding substantially withthe angle of the presser-foot and feedingdevice, so that as the strand passes under the needle the edge thereof, just below the upper surface, is presented to the needle,which passes into said strand diagonally and out on the under side some distance from the edge thereof, then through the under strand, which ordinarily lies flat on'thc surface of the needle-plate F, which is beveled I downward and outward, as shown at f. The

lower strand, in fact, is stitched directly through in the ordinary manner, the great advantage being that no stitching is visible on the right side of the goods, the stitches being visible only inthe edge of the strand, below the upper surface thereof.

Thefposition in which the strands pass to the needle is clearly shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The lower dotted line represents the new strand that is to say, the strand which is being sewed on. This strand passes under the guide and lies flat on the needle-plate of the machine. The upper dotted line represents the old strand-that is to say, the portion The outer edge of this portion restsupon. the block 0, and is tilted whi chhas been sewed.

or inclined thereby, and in this position is caught, held, and fed forward in the usual manner. I

1n the ordinary manner of stitching it is V necessary for the strands tdoverlap each other sufficiently to allow the stitching to pass directly through both strands and tak e firm hold, the stitch being always visible on the right side.

It should be observed that, owing to the inclined position in which the upper strandis held in my improved device, the needle, although it does not touch the upper surface, and only on- ,ters the edge below said upper surface, does not pass directly out, but passes diagonally into the strand and out on the lower side, some distance from the edge thereof, so that the seam necessarily takes firm hold upon the upper is a division.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- V 1. The combination,with a sewing-machinefeeding device having two working faces or portions, one of whichis arranged at an obtuse angle to the other, of means, adapted to act in planes parallel to the said faces, for holding the strands of braid against the same, substantially as described.

2. In a sewing-machine, the combination,

with a feeding device having two working faces or portions, one of which is beveled, so

as to form an obtuse angle to the other portion,

of a presser-foot having two working-faces corresponding to the faces of the feeding device, substantially as described. p

3. The combination, with a feeding device having two working faces or portions, one of which is beveled, sons to form an obtuse angle to the other, of a presser-foot having two workin g-faces beveled to correspond to the faces of the feeding device, and an inclined or beveled guide arranged in front of said feeding device and presser-foot, substantially as described.

4, The combination, with the needle-plate provided with a beveled portion, f, of a feeding device and presser-foot, each having two working-faces, which are arranged at obtuse angles to each other, and an inclined or beveled guide arranged in front of said feeding device and presser-foot, substantially as described.

5. The combinatiomwiththe feeding device A and presser-foot B, each having two working-faces, which are arranged at an obtuse angle to each other, of the needle-plate F, pro

vided with a beveled portion, f, and the ad justable guide 0, having the inclined or beveled block 0, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

MARTIN H. RYDER. Witnesses:

J AMES WALLAcE, A. M. Voosrnn,

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 287,393, granted October 23, upon the application of Martin H. Ryder, of Stamford, Connecticut,for an improvement in Machines for Sewing Strands of Braid, an error appears requiring correction as follows: The reference letter f should be inserted in figure 2 of the drawing to indicate the bevel at the edge of the needle plate; and that the patent should be read with this correction therein to make it conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed, countersignul, and sealed this 0th day of November, A. D. 1883.

[SEALJ M. L. JOSLYN, Acting Sem'etary of the Interior. Gonntersigned:

BENJ. Bu'r'm-zmvon'rn,

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